Chinese–English dictionary

护身三角绷带

(sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise. · hù shēn sān jiǎo bēng dài

护身符

A religious article, protective charm, or ornament, usually bearing cultural or magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences, or evil spirits. · hù shēn fú

报丧女妖

(Scotland, Ireland, , folklore) A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death. · bào sàng nǚ yāo

报名

(intransitive) To voluntarily join a cause or organization, especially military service. · bào míng

报告

(formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of. [from 15th c.] · bào gào

报告人

A journalist who investigates, edits and reports news stories for newspapers, radio and television. · bào gào rén

报纸

A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically. [from 1605] · bào zhǐ

披肩

A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women. [from 1662] · pī jiān

披露

The act of revealing or disclosing. · pī lù

抱

(transitive, figuratively) To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass. · bào

抱子甘藍

(chiefly, in the plural) The green vegetable Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera, a cabbage variety native to Belgium. · bào zi gān lán

抵制

The act of boycotting. · dǐ zhì

抵抗

(transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of. · dǐ kàng

抵押

(legal) A special form of secured loan where the purpose of the loan must be specified to the lender, to purchase assets that must be fixed (not movable) property, such as a house or piece of farm land. The assets are registered as the legal property of the borrower but the lender can seize them and dispose of them if they are not satisfied with the manner in which the repayment of the loan is conducted by the borrower. Once the loan is fully repaid, the lender loses this right of seizure and the assets are then deemed to be unencumbered. · dǐ yā

抵消

Any action in opposition to a previous action. · dǐ xiāo

抹子

A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them. · mǒ zi

抹布

A piece of absorbent cloth for drying or wiping dishes, cups or silverware · mā bù

抽奖

A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks. · chōu jiǎng

抽屉

An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles. · chōu ti

抽屜

An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles. · chōu ti

抽搐

(medicine) An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction. · chōu chù

抽象

Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied. · chōu xiàng

担架

A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person. · dān jià

拆卸

(ambitransitive) To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse. · chāi xiè

拆除

The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures. · chāi chú

拇指

(anatomy) The largest toe (usually) on each human foot (i.e. the toe closest to the other foot when the feet are flat on the ground, side by side, and the legs not crossed) or on a foot of certain other animals. · mǔ zhǐ

拇指姑娘

A fairy tale about a thumb-sized girl. · mǔ zhǐ gū niáng

拉

(Egyptian mythology) The Egyptian god of the Sun. · lā

拉丁語

Of or relating to Latin: the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium. · Lā dīng yǔ

拉丁语

(uncountable) The language of the ancient Romans, other Latins and of the Roman Catholic church, especially Classical Latin. · Lā dīng yǔ

拉力赛

(motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time. · lā lì sài

拉匝祿

(biblical) Lazarus of Bethany, a man supposedly raised from the dead by Jesus Christ and later (Christianity) revered as a saint. · Lā zā lù

拉古萨

A province of Sicily, Italy. · lā gǔ sà

拉各斯

The largest city and former capital of Nigeria, in Lagos State. · Lā gè sī

拉合爾

The second largest city of Pakistan and the provincial capital of Punjab; located on the Ravi river. · Lā hé ěr

拉大便

(transitive) To defecate (on); to shit. · lā dà biàn

拉拉队长

(chiefly, US) A person, usually a young, attractive female, who encourages applause and cheers at a sports event, and wearing a specially-designed uniform in the official colors of the team he/she cheers for. · lā lā duì cháng

拉普兰

The northern parts of Scandinavia and Finland with the Kola Peninsula in Russia, traditionally inhabited by the Sami people. · Lā pǔ lán

拉比

A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions. · lā bǐ

拉登語

A Romance language mainly spoken by Sephardic Jews (Wikipedia), derived mainly from Old Castilian (Spanish) and Hebrew. · lā dēng yǔ

拉皮条

Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander. · lā pí tiáo

拉美西斯

Name of several pharaohs of 19th and 20th dynasty of Ancient Egypt, 13th to 10th century BC. · Lā měi xī sī

拉肚子

(symptom) A gastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very soft or watery bowel movements. · lā dù zi

拉脫維亞

A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Latvia. · Lā tuō wéi yà

拉脫維亞語

(uncountable) The official language of Latvia; Lettish. · lā tuō wéi yà yǔ

拉脱维亚

A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Latvia. · Lā tuō wéi yà

拉脱维亚的

Of, from, or pertaining to Latvia, the Latvian people or the Latvian language. · lā tuō wéi yà de

拉脱维亚语

Of, from, or pertaining to Latvia, the Latvian people or the Latvian language. · lā tuō wéi yà yǔ

拉萨市

The capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. · Lā sà Shì

拉蒂纳

A province of Lazio, Italy. · lā dì nà

拉雷多

A city in north Tamaulipas, Mexico. · lā léi duō

拉面

Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese style). · lā miàn

拍击

A light tap or slap, especially with the hands. · pāi jī

拍卖

A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder. · pāi mài

拍手

(transitive, intransitive) To express approval (of something) by clapping the hands. · pāi shǒu

拍擊

(countable) A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat. · pāi jī

拍馬屁的人

(North America, slang, vulgar) Someone who kisses ass (who acts obsequiously in order to gain another's favor). · pāi mǎ pì de rén

拍马者

(derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady. · pāi mǎ zhě

拐弯抹角

(idiomatic) To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally. · guǎi wān mò jiǎo

拐杖

A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office. · guǎi zhàng

拒絕

(transitive, intransitive, sports) To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal. · jù jué

拒绝

(transitive) To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain. · jù jué

拓扑

(mathematics, uncountable) The branch of mathematics dealing with those properties of a geometrical object (of arbitrary dimensionality) that are unchanged by continuous deformations (such as stretching, bending, etc., without tearing or gluing). · tuò pū

拔浪鼓

A bell worn by cows; sometimes with an ornate strap. · bá làng gǔ

拔火罐

A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees. · bá huǒ guàn

拖把

An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle. · tuō bǎ

拖拉机

(automotive) The front part of a semi-trailer type truck, i.e., the tractor to which the trailer part attaches. · tuō lā jī

拖拉機

(agriculture) A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields. · tuō lā jī

拖船

(watercraft) A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels. · tuō chuán

拖鞋

(footwear) A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily. · tuō xié

拙劣

Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments. · zhuō liè

招待所

(legal, sometimes, pejorative) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person. · zhāo dài suǒ

招标

An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work. · zhāo biāo

招牌

(uncountable) Signs, particularly those imparting commercial, directional, or road traffic information, taken collectively. · zhāo pai

拜占庭

(historical) An ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, renamed Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul. · Bài zhàn tíng

拜访

A single act of visiting. · bài fǎng

拟声词

(uncountable) The property of a word that sounds like what it represents. · nǐ shēng cí

拟鲤

A common roach (Rutilus rutilus) · nǐ lǐ

拥抱

(transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug. · yōng bào

拭除

To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim. · shì chú

拯救

To save from any violence, danger or evil. · zhěng jiù

拱

An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward. · gǒng

拱廊

(architecture) A row of arches. · gǒng láng

拱架

(Judaism, Christianity, Islam) Noah's ark: the ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge. · gǒng jià

拱頂

(architecture) A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling. [from 16th c.] · gǒng dǐng

拱顶

(architecture) A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere. · gǒng dǐng

拳击

(sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout. · quán jī

拳击手

A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes. · quán jī shǒu

拳头

The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist. · quán tou

拳战

(slang) A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons. · quán zhàn

拷問

(transitive) To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or punishing them. · kǎo wèn

拼

(intransitive, transitive, sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word. [from 16th c.] · pīn

拼写

(uncountable) The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography. · pīn xiě

拾

The number occurring after nine and before eleven, represented in Arabic numerals (base ten) as 10 and in Roman numerals as X. · shè

拿

(transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch. · ná

拿波里人

A native or inhabitant of the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city. · ná bō lǐ rén

拿破仑

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821), a French military commander and political leader. · Ná pò lún

拿骚

The capital city of the Bahamas. · Ná sāo

持不同政见者

A person who formally opposes the current political structure, the political group in power, the policies of the political group in power, or current laws. · chí bù tóng zhèng jiàn zhě

持久

Able to resist wear or decay; lasting; enduring. · chí jiǔ

持續

Uninterrupted. · chí xù

持续

(intransitive) To continue an action. · chí xù

持续性

The state of being permanent. · chí xù xìng

指令

(uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge. · zhǐ lìng

指南针

A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north). · zhǐ nán zhēn

指印

The patterns left on surfaces where uncovered fingertips have touched, especially as used to identify the person who touched the surface. · zhǐ yìn

指定

(transitive) To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose. · zhǐ dìng

指导

The act or process of guiding. · zhǐ dǎo

指导者

A wise and trusted counselor or teacher. · zhǐ dǎo zhě

指控

(transitive) To find fault with, blame, censure. · zhǐ kòng

指數

(mathematics) The number by which a value (called the base) is said to be raised to a power in exponentiation: for example, the 3 in 2^3=8. · zhǐ shù

指标

(programming) A variable that holds the address of a memory location where a value can be stored. · zhǐ biāo

指標

(hunting) A breed of hunting dog, trained to point out game. · zhǐ biāo

指甲

The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation. · zhǐ jia

指示的

A non-specific rule or principle that provides direction to action or behaviour. · zhǐ shì de

指紋

A visible impression on a surface. · zhǐ wén

指纹

The natural pattern of ridges on the tips of human fingers, unique to each individual. · zhǐ wén

指關節

Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers. · zhǐ guān jié

指頂花

Any plant of the genus Digitalis (herbaceous plants of the Plantaginaceae family, including the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea). · zhǐ dǐng huā

按喇叭

(transitive, intransitive) To use a car horn. · àn lǎ ba

按摩

The action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax, prepare for muscular action (as in contact sports) or to relieve aches. · àn mó

按星期

Of or relating to a week. · àn xīng qī

按照字面

With phrasings that might normally be used or understood as figurative: truly; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor. · àn zhào zì miàn

挑战

A challenging attitude or behaviour; challenge. · tiǎo zhàn

挑戰

(legal, rare) A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest). · tiǎo zhàn

挑逗

(transitive) To fasten (something) (as if) with cable(s). · tiǎo dòu

挑釁

(transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry. · tiǎo xìn

挖

(intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole. · wā

挖土机

A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc.Excavator · wā tǔ jī

挖掘装载机

A piece of excavating equipment, either an integral subassembly or an attachment, consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth; used in excavator/digger and backhoe tractors. · wā jué zhuāng zài jī

挖苦

Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness. · wā kǔ

挠

(transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction. · náo

挪威

A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Norway. · Nuó wēi

挪威人

A native of Norway. · nuó wēi rén

挪威海怪

(Norse mythology) A colossal sea monster that attacks ships and sailors, often portrayed as a giant octopus or squid. · nuó wēi hǎi guài

挪威語

Of or pertaining to Norway (the country). · nuó wēi yǔ

挪威语

Of or pertaining to Norway (the country). · nuó wēi yǔ

挫折

The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something. · cuò zhé

振动

A shake, quiver, or vibration. · zhèn dòng

振幅

(mathematics) The maximum absolute value of the vertical component of a curve or function, especially one that is periodic. · zhèn fú

挽歌

A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person. · wǎn gē

捂臉

A gesture of bringing one or both palms to the face, with various interpretations including exasperation, chagrin, frustration, embarrassment (one's own or vicarious), etc. · wǔ liǎn

捆

(countable) A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying. · kǔn

捆包

A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation. · kǔn bāo

捏

To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt. · niē

捐贈

A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause. · juān zèng

捐赠

(informal, often, derogatory) A gift of money or material assistance to the needy or poor. · juān zèng

捕捉网

(Internet) Usually preceded by the: all of the hypertext documents (web pages) on the Internet collectively, which are (1) stored in various inter-hyperlinked computers around the world, and (2) retrieved typically by means of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or (currently more often) its secure version (HTTPS), among others. · bǔ zhuō wǎng

捕魚

A region of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. · bǔ yú

捕鳥蛛

Any of the large, hairy New World spiders comprising the family Theraphosidae. · bǔ niǎo zhū